Poems (Kimball)/Prophecy
For works with similar titles, see Prophecy.
PROPHECY.
THE glittering darkness of the perfect night An hour before the break of perfect morn, When from her slowly-lessening, beauteous horn The brilliant moon pours forth a splendid light: So glows the radiance of inspired sight, Steadfast, serene, by weariness unworn And clear of every human doubt forlorn, Keeping Faith's vigil on imperial height—While sleeps the world below, unconscious, prone, Drunken with things of self and slothful time—Until Fulfilment's flood, like morning's prime, Through wondrous gates of Promise widely thrown Rolls in majestical from zone to zone And merges Prophecy in Light sublime.